James Casey

Port of Port Angeles commissioners to eye raising rates for Boat Haven moorage at Tuesday meeting

Port of Port Angeles commissioners to eye raising rates for Boat Haven moorage at Tuesday meeting

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioners are expected to hear a staff recommendation Tuesday that Boat Haven moorage fees be raised and perhaps… Continue reading

Port of Port Angeles commissioners to eye raising rates for Boat Haven moorage at Tuesday meeting
Christine Dodge

ARE WE BEST YET? KING-TV’s clickfest on Best of Western Washington includes scores of Peninsula entries

SEATTLE — We can bark with the big dogs and wag a little at 'em, too. In KING-TV'S “Best Everything of Western Washington,” more than… Continue reading

Christine Dodge
Crab festival volunteer Julian McCabe pulls live crabs from a shipping crate filled with iced-down crustaceans in preparation for cooking behind the main dining tent Friday in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Rain no match for Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival enthusiasts as thousands turn out in Port Angeles despite weather; events continue today

I joined the happy weekend throng Content as it moved me along Through scenes of art and sounds of song At City Pier. All the… Continue reading

Crab festival volunteer Julian McCabe pulls live crabs from a shipping crate filled with iced-down crustaceans in preparation for cooking behind the main dining tent Friday in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Crab festival volunteer Julian McCabe pulls live crabs from a shipping crate filled with iced-down crustaceans in preparation for cooking behind the main dining tent Friday in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

UPDATE: Rain no match for Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival enthusiasts as thousands turn out in Port Angeles despite weather

I joined the happy weekend throng Content as it moved me along Through scenes of art and sounds of song At City Pier. All the… Continue reading

Crab festival volunteer Julian McCabe pulls live crabs from a shipping crate filled with iced-down crustaceans in preparation for cooking behind the main dining tent Friday in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles Fire Department Chief Ken Dubuc

Website ranks Port Angeles as a prime spot for paramedics, EMTs

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles ranks No. 95, and that suits the fire chief right down to the ground. In the continuing Internet cavalcade of… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fire Department Chief Ken Dubuc

Wife of famed ‘Galloping Gourmet’ chef dies at 81; Graham Kerr had to make exit from crab festival

MOUNT VERNON — Treena Kerr, whose illness prompted her husband, Graham Kerr, to cancel appearing at the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival, has died. Scott… Continue reading

Artist Sarah Tucker makes adjustments to an octopus sculpture made from marine debris before its installation today in the main tent of the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Corrected— Crustacean jubilation hits Port Angeles today when Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival cracks open at City Pier

EDITOR'S NOTE: The PDN Community Crab Feed today (Friday) is from noon to 10 p.m., four hours longer than was originally published. PORT ANGELES —… Continue reading

Artist Sarah Tucker makes adjustments to an octopus sculpture made from marine debris before its installation today in the main tent of the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival in Port Angeles. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college

North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college

City, county, state and federal agencies on the North Olympic Peninsula practice plans to avert the kind of carnage that wracked Umpqua Community College on… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college
Olympic Medical Center CEO Eric Lewis

Olympic Medical Center CEO: Sequim likely to be site of next round of construction

SEQUIM — The next new Olympic Medical Center facilities likely will be built in Sequim. OMC CEO Eric Lewis said Tuesday that health care needs… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center CEO Eric Lewis
Port Angeles Fire Department Chief Ken Dubuc

Website ranks Port Angeles as a prime spot for paramedics, EMTs

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles ranks No. 95, and that suits the fire chief right down to the ground. In the continuing Internet cavalcade of… Continue reading

Port Angeles Fire Department Chief Ken Dubuc

Wife of famed ‘Galloping Gourmet’ chef dies at 81; Graham Kerr had to make exit from crab festival

MOUNT VERNON — Treena Kerr, whose illness prompted her husband, Graham Kerr, to cancel appearing at the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival, has died. Scott… Continue reading

Crowds line up outside the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival main tent to purchase a crab dinner at the festival last year. The crowd included a large contingent of Canadians who arrived on the MV Coho ferry from Victoria. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival to scuttle into Port Angeles starting Friday

PORT ANGELES — Mention Dungeness in England, and folks think you're talking about historic ruins, a steam railway and a nuclear power plant that lure… Continue reading

Crowds line up outside the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival main tent to purchase a crab dinner at the festival last year. The crowd included a large contingent of Canadians who arrived on the MV Coho ferry from Victoria. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Olympic Medical Center CEO Eric Lewis

Olympic Medical Center CEO: Sequim likely to be site of next round of construction

SEQUIM — The next new Olympic Medical Center facilities likely will be built in Sequim. OMC CEO Eric Lewis said Tuesday that health care needs… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center CEO Eric Lewis
Crowds line up outside the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival main tent to purchase a crab dinner at the festival last year. The crowd included a large contingent of Canadians who arrived on the MV Coho ferry from Victoria. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival to scuttle into Port Angeles starting Friday

PORT ANGELES — Mention Dungeness in England, and folks think you're talking about historic ruins, a steam railway and a nuclear power plant that lure… Continue reading

Crowds line up outside the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival main tent to purchase a crab dinner at the festival last year. The crowd included a large contingent of Canadians who arrived on the MV Coho ferry from Victoria. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college

North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college

City, county, state and federal agencies on the North Olympic Peninsula practice plans to avert the kind of carnage that wracked Umpqua Community College on… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college
North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college

North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college

City, county, state and federal agencies on the North Olympic Peninsula practice plans to avert the kind of carnage that wracked Umpqua Community College on… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college
North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college

North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college

City, county, state and federal agencies on the North Olympic Peninsula practice plans to avert the kind of carnage that wracked Umpqua Community College on… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college
Chris Weed

Serenity House shelter open to meet overnight needs for homeless in Port Angeles; transportation to site remains an issue — corrected

EDITOR'S NOTE: The date of the next meeting for Clallam County's Shelter Providers Network has been corrected in this report. PORT ANGELES — Homeless people… Continue reading

Chris Weed
Port Angeles residents Ian Nilluka and Zachary Buckmaster walk their dogs

Website ranks Port Angeles sixth worst city in Washington

DURHAM, N.C. — Shucks. Chattanooga beat us again. This time, though, it was a decidedly dubious achievement. While the RoadSnacks.net website, which says it shows… Continue reading

Port Angeles residents Ian Nilluka and Zachary Buckmaster walk their dogs
North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college

North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college

City, county, state and federal agencies on the North Olympic Peninsula practice plans to avert the kind of carnage that wracked Umpqua Community College on… Continue reading

North Olympic Peninsula police, college personnel train to avert shooting catastrophe like rampage at Oregon college